Fairies, a jester and some shadowy creatures will frolic in the grass in downtown Storrs this month. They’re puppets, and they are the stars of the free outdoor Summertime Puppet Show Series presented ...

Althea Clayton, a puppeteer with Paperhand Puppet Intervention, looks out from a river puppet during a rehearsal for the organization’s show, “The Gift,” on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, at the Forest ...

Theater artist Jacky Kelsey was driving back from their grandmother’s farm when five white owls appeared out of nowhere and flew over the car. It was a “spooky, alien site,” they said. Throughout ...

Bristol is hosting a puppet festival exploring the weird and wonderful world of the art form for the first time in a decade. Previously a fixture of the city's arts scene, the event has not been ...

A life-size red-head David Bowie stands in a corner opposite a star-gazing magical Prince. Across from them, a gnarly possum named Roadkill Joey sits eating pink cake. Elsewhere, a stony masked face ...

Standing in front of a small crowd of Muppet enthusiasts, actress and Sesame Street veteran Jennifer Barnhart demonstrated ...

When teachers noticed that children in Oakland preschool and kindergarten classrooms were not engaging in imaginative play or interacting with each other as much after the pandemic, staff at ...